Archive | February 2013

Guest: Tim Pinkham, Managing Partner Agave http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/19399.mp3 Tim Pinkham moved to Atlanta in 1999 during a hiatus from college and began working in restaurants in mainly front-of-house roles. He worked for two restaurants that would eventually go out of business (“Amerigo” and “Grappa”) and eventually as head waiter at the Atlanta Fish Market. Here he learned […]

Guest: Dave Hoemann, COO of Giordano’s http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/19398.mp3 Dave Hoemann has helped launch over 50 concepts! And is now Chief Operating Officer at Giordano’s, the nationally recognized Chicago-style pizzeria and home of the stuffed pizza. Dave started out his career as general manager of Lettuce Entertain You in 1987. Years later, he joined the Levy Restaurants team where […]

Guests: Jan Trebley of Dining Out Magazine, Scott Lee of National Restaurant Properties, and Merritt Burdett of Nespresso http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/19395.mp3 I was excited to welcome Jan Trebley of Dining Out Magazine again. And she brought a friend, Merritt Burdett of Nespresso. On the phone, Scott Lee joined us to educate us about the value of a restaurant, […]